Crime Victims Memorial Remembrance Tree

December 8, 2012 |Photo by Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle

Parents of murdered children and surviving family members of homicide placed ornaments on the tree for their loved ones during the 18th Annual Crime Victims Memorial Remembrance Tree Lighting Ceremony.

Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle

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Ornaments decorated in remembrance of a murdered family on a Christmas tree during the 18th annual Crime Victims Memorial Remembrance Tree Lighting Ceremony in the City Hall annex, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, in Houston. Parents of murdered children and surviving family members of homicide placed ornaments on the tree for their loved ones, which remains on display for the holiday season.

Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle

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Ornaments decorated in remembrance of a murdered family on a Christmas tree during the 18th annual Crime Victims Memorial Remembrance Tree Lighting Ceremony in the City Hall annex, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, in Houston. Parents of murdered children and surviving family members of homicide placed ornaments on the tree for their loved ones, which remains on display for the holiday season.